We found this lady on the Gardenia road. She and a few other ladies surprised us one morning.. We left camp very early and saw them hanging out. We were very lucky as we were the only one seeing them.

In 2010 we left Lower Sabie early morning and headed towards Satara. All of a sudden a lioness appeared from the grasses. I was driving and braked so fast that Philip almost went through the windshield. When we stopped, she crossed the road, being followed by a few of her cubs. It as amazing to see.

Roan and I went for a late afternoon drive last year. We were staying in Satara and only had about 15 minutes left before gate closing time. About 3km from the gate we saw this lion walking towards us. We were very exited off course, but felt bed for the lion. He was almost surrounded. We stopped, the lion and all his followers passed us and we wondered how many of them will get a fine for returning lat to camp

"I am not African because I was born in Africa, but because Africa was born in me"

This picture was taken during the Cricket@Skukuza weekend. Some forumites went to Granokop for some sundowners. Nice to see yellow ribbons line up like this.

In 2009 we came across a few baby hyenas. They were sniffing the cars and one of them thought my yellow ribbon was kind of fun to play with. I was not so amused, because he played so rough that the ribbon began to torn. And his friends came to help him finish the job. We had to leave to protect my ribbon

"I am not African because I was born in Africa, but because Africa was born in me"

In 2009 we were on a mission. Roan, Eric and I decided to do something for the kids of kruger. On our previous visits to kruger, we saw lots of young kids at the picnic spot. It's the children of the employees working there. They join their parents during the day and they are usually bored and do not have a lot to keep them busy with. So the boys and I collected lots of toys, puzzles, coloring books ect. ect. to make goody bags for the children. We traveled from north to south, entered kruger at Pafuri and left kruger at Pretoriuskop, stopping at almost every camp and at every picnic spot.

One of the forum members 'KLIP' heard about our plan and said he will donate soccer balls for each child. So we headed off to Kruger, with 20 goody bags, 20 big soccer balls, en and 20 smaller balls. At the end of our trip, we gave it all away and made lots of kids very happy. (we had lots of bags left over, and unfortunately didn't find many kids at picnic spots, so we gave them to children in the camps as well.)

Each bag looked like this (with a verity of toys) and each child got a big and small soccer ball with it.

Our first stop was at Pafuri picnic spot. We saw Frank there and he was very happy, as his children were with him that day.

Franks little boy very happy with his ball.

Frank played with them. Really heartwarming to see

We gave some bags to kids at Shimuwini bushveld camp. Portia is the manager there and took us to the staff village.

When we arrived at Biyamiti the manager told me they have 4 children in Biyamiti, but only 2 are living home. I told him about the gift bags and while we were talking, we heard kids singing "happy birthday to you" in a distance. One of the 2 children turned 3 that day. SO it was a perfect day to give her a goody bag. SO we asked if they could come to our cottage to collect them.The birthday girl in front.

"I am not African because I was born in Africa, but because Africa was born in me"

In 2010 we stayed in Letaba. One evening the kids and I went for a walk after dinner. The moon was beautiful.We took the pathway towards the restaurant and we walked in a row. Me in front, Roan behind me and Eric at the back. Suddenly Eric screamed out… MOM!!! SNAKE!!! Roan and I already passed it without seeing it. Eric froze about 30cm from it, lighting his torch on it.

I yelled for him to stand back. The snake moved forward, and we all stepped back. The kids were hiding behind me and luckily I had my camera for a quick photo. BAD IDEA!!! The moment I flashed my camera, the snake stopped, looked at us and raised his front part of his body a few centimeters from the ground. The snake was about 2 meters long and this threatening look terrified us. We ran!!! At the elephant hall we shown our pictures to one of the employees, and he’s sure it was a black mamba

"I am not African because I was born in Africa, but because Africa was born in me"